In a Super Bowl devoid of any juicy news relating to the two teams, we have to take whatever we can get.
Or we can just keep talking about Dwight Freeney’s ankle.
The folks at TMZ.com report that running back Reggie Bush and some other members of the Saints were out until the wee hours on Monday night.
The photographic evidence is right here.
UPDATE: A prior version of this post said that the Saints were out late on Tuesday night. We apologize for the error.
That was on Monday night. Look at when it was posted, Tuesday afternoon.
Good move. I guess better last night than the night before the superbowl though
Good job detective Florio. Now take a look at the date on the top.
Now get on down to the stadium or you’ll miss media day.
OH MY GOD!!!!
Jay Glazer, Sam Farmer, and Adam Schefter should just all move to TMZ sports. That way, any NFL story will always come from a single site.
Florio, just for fairness sake, you should note that the pic is from Monday night (Tuesday morning)–and that was (I believe) the one night that the Saints players did not have a curfew, etc., and were told they could go out on the town.
So let me get this straight….
We’re supposed to have faith that TMZ and Florio are being completely honest about the time and place this pic was taken?
I tried to take Florio at face value before…..Then I actually listened to the audio of Gregg Williams’ comments and the context in which they were made. He threatened to take Peyton Manning out like Rex Ryan promised to show Peyton defenses he hadn’t seen before.
Looks like another half-assed attempt to discredit the Saints.
I think this counts as a story only if they went out the night before the game not a week before the game. but hey how much can you talk about Freeney’s ankle or if Favre will return or how anti-gay TeBow might be?
Are you going to post another article to let us know when they wake up?
Those were posted February 2 at 1:39pm. They are from MONDAY night, not last night. It’s an honest mistake. I mean, it’s not like that info is right below the title or anything. Oh wait.
Great reporting here. The only problem is that these pictures were out yesterday. The link even has yesterday’s date on it. So how can the Saints players be out until the “wee hours of Tuesday night” when you provide “photographic evidence” from Monday night?
I didn’t see any clocks in that picture. Need more proof.
I’m not saying what these guys should be or shouldn’t be doing in the final days leading up to the Super Bowl, but I can be pretty sure that Peyton was probably waking up at around 4am to kickstart another film room session. I have a feeling that the Saints are in trouble on Sunday.
This actually was Monday night/Tuesday Morning. It gives the impression that this was last night/Wed morning
Well it’s not like it’s an important game or anything…
Reggie Bush is SMASHED in that pic.
Bush will make the key mistake that will cost the Saints the game.
Bet on it.
Glad to see Reggie and some of the Saints are taking this game seriously.
who cares? I am sure they asked their mommy and daddy if they could stay out last nite….
Actually, that was Monday night. I saw this same photo on another website on Tues morning.
C’mon Mike, didnt your momma ever tell you to keep your mouth shut if you had nothing to say. Dont be bringing PFT down to the ranks of TMZ.
I thought he had broken up with Kim Whatanassian
Somewhere, John Matuzak is smiling.
“Some Saints stayed out late last night”
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I hope they don’t get grounded.
Seriously, they are grown men. If they choose to have a little fun 5 days before a game, let them. Considering how bad they are going to lose on Sunday, let them have a little fun.
So what maybe it was their night to have fun or something…it was Tuesday night not Saturday night….LOL Bush wont be the 1st or last to have partied on Tuesday night…..
Why would they not be spending every minute possible preparing for the game, or at the very least, resting. They can go to Miami nightclubs all they want during the offseason.
NFL.com and ESPN.com have plenty of Super Bowl related stories. The best you can come up with is something from TMZ?
Well played Lord Florio, well played!
Dear god, hopefully they have time to recover between now and Sunday. Max McGee came in drunk at 6am the day of SB 1 and was the mvp. Just sayin. . .
GASP! Grown men. For shaaaaame.
Wow…really scraping the bottom of the barrel, eh Mike? If they were out on Saturday night, that would be newsworthy. Unless today is Sunday, this one is pointless.
Hey Florio since it’s “such” a slow news week maybe you should at least get your facts right.
Those pics were from Monday night, if you bothered to check you’d see they were added at 13:49 yesterday afternoon meaning they clearly can’t be from last night.
Big deal “Tuesday night” farrrrrrrrrr from Sunday. Sean Payton should make Thursday night on for no partying.
Also, missing in the picture: Kim. her sisters. every other black athlete or rapper. I’d be suspicious too, Reggie. must be a 24 hr job this week. it’s like telling your dog not to eat the chew toys when there are hundreds dangling above his nose. there only so much time to get them all.
Whoa. No way they’ll be able to sleep that off by Sunday.
/sarcasm
Monday night? Give me a break. I feel bad for Florio Jr. when I read articles like this.
Who cares? The game is on Sunday! If they’re out late Saturday night then it’s news, perhaps even Friday night, until then they should enjoy themselves and stay loose. What do you think these guys do Monday through Thursday nights throughout the season? It’s actually a good sign for the Saints to see “business as usual” during Super Bowl week. Would you rather they sit in their hotel rooms watching film and getting stressed out and tensed up all week? They’re in Miami, let them enjoy it!
Reggie Bush being Reggie Bush. His self-loving comment after the Arizona game of “big time players make big time plays.” (who says that about themselves, really) proves how clueless he really is. This photo gives a glimpse of evidence to where all the under-performing on the field comes from. At least he’s enjoying the moment.
They were probably trying to find Peyton Manning so they could give him some “remember me” shots of liquor that included cyanide so they could play the Super Bowl Painter-style.
They are just happy to be there because they know they do not belong in the super bowl.
TMZ? atleast you have revealed all your sources for the TMZ…er PFT post!
time to get out your SPRINT phone & stake out the clubs..
Reggie treated them to the Kardashian Train!!—OJ’s guilty!!—Burn in hell Bob…
I think Florio is just upset that he was not invited.
I just looked at the pics and there is no way to verify this is even in Miami….but if TMZ says so…I guess its true!
WTF kind of article is this?
Partying 6 days from the Super Bowl and 8 days after their last game?! The horror! How will they ever function?!
Please report on real football news.
Good for them. They will be more relaxed on sunday after a little night of fun in Miami
What about when Romo and Witten were blasted for going to Mexico a week before the playoffs a couple of years ago. Should be the same thing for the Saints not preparing for the game.
florio…i hear access hollywood is looking for a stalker..eeeerrrrrrr reporter
Of course they will be out celebrating this week as we know they won’t have anything to celebrate after they lose the big game.
Uh oh. I hope at least one of the players’ parents was arround to provide supervision.
Grandma Florio strikes again. The scolding old woman.
Meanwhile, Payton was up until 3:30AM studying their D-Scheme film and playing it like Madden.
That is pretty stupid when you can party in Miami for the rest of your life. One week to keep it real before the biggest game of your life and you are out for the cameras to pop. If you want to party – stay at the hotel and do it in a suite or rent a place with a back door and limo waiting. The possibilities of stupid stuff happening beyond your control in a public environment are enormous. Bad judgement.
- Eugene Robinson
you know…
It’s too bad you guys weren’t trying
to get any stories (oh I’m sorry, SCOOPS!) over by that stage they were building yesterday
when it collapsed.
I know I keep saying I’m done, but your ignorance
keeps bringing me back…I have to be able to
laugh at something…..
Non story by a self-glamorized member of the paparazzi……………
Who dat? Thats Reggie Bush! Looks sleepy huh?
florio…i hear access hollywood is looking for a stalker..eeeerrrrrrr reporter
That’s very disappointing.
Good! They should be going out. If going out on a Monday night effects their play on Sunday they should see a doctor…
OMG…..Aints out late 6 days before the game!! HUGE NEWS>>>>> 8==D~
I’ve read some pretty tall tales on PFT in my day, but NFL football players staying out late in SOUTH BEACH!?! That really stretches the boundaries of credibility. With all of the stories out there about how players are turning down party invitations, refusing to have sex with the groupies camped outside their hotels, TIVOing Letterman to avoid having to stay up late to watch it, and helping old ladies cross the street all over South Florida, this irresponsible piece of rumor mongering flies directly in the face of all that we all know to be true about professional athletes.
Shame, Florio, Shame!
Who dat Max McGee?
OMG The Saints are so dirty…
FYI to all fans….
You care more than the players do. They want to get drunk and party. Football is a means to that end. The game is sceondary.
Ask Plaxico “Stupid” Burress and Antonio “Fatboy” Pierce.
“What about when Romo and Witten were blasted for going to Mexico a week before the playoffs a couple of years ago. Should be the same thing for the Saints not preparing for the game.”
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Hmmmmm…if Romo and Witten were playing their playoff game IN Mexico and Jessica Simpson was part of the game plan, I would agree. Except, the players are in town, having a night when they do not have a curfew.
So basically it is not the same thing.
“jeromiah says:
February 3, 2010 10:01 AM
What about when Romo and Witten were blasted for going to Mexico a week before the playoffs a couple of years ago. Should be the same thing for the Saints not preparing for the game.”
Cowboys fans and such said it’d be no big deal. Then the Giants whooped their asses.
I’m just sayin. Who Dat nation deserves better.
Oh come on! The Redskins did this type of stuff all season. Look how well it turned out for them!
C’mon florio. WTF. What’s next? Somebody went to the bathroom? Idiot!
Doesn’t mean anything. At least we know they’re loose.
Probably caught up with Bryant Mckinnie.
I always find it funny when these out of shape ham and eggers try 2 play morality police…the mondays before Superbowl is always their free day/night 2 party,get it out of their systems because from Media Day forward,it’s strictly business…It’s hard 2 believe some of U are actually productive citizens with all the whining and crying U do… Maybe U should’ve tried out 4 an NFL team since U all envy the lifestyle they are allowed 2 live,,,oh wait,its much easier 2 sit behind a CPU and say stuff U wouldn’t dare think about in the presence of these men… GROW UP DAMMIT!!!!
wow, we really have become a prurient society where gossip is more meaningful to us than good, honest and dedicated journalistic integrity. You suck Florio, you really suck.
So this was the night before Media Day?
*shrugs*
For all I know, Coach told them they could party, get it out of their system since they didn’t need to worry about being hung over for Media Day or something.
Not too sure if this is a story.
You’d think they would be more interested in watching film and breaking down Indy’s defense, being that they have the biggest game in their lives coming up, but I guess the only team doing that in this game is the Colts. Which is probably why they will cover any line Vegas gives them.
How tall is Florio? We all know how small his mind is and that he appears to be sitting in a booster seat when on camera…..
Oh yes!!! Another in-depth report from Miami!!
And I’m sure while the Saints players were out “All Night” that the Colts players were in their rooms reading their Gideon bibles and their playbooks.
Give me a break.
Hilarious, six days before the game, some young men who’ve worked hard all season to reach this point are allowed to take in the atmosphere for one night before getting back to business as usual. My goodness, how will they ever have time to recover by Sunday?
“Peyton Manning was in his hotel room breaking down film and playing Madden with it in his “Sloth” sized head and will destroy the Saints” Right, we get it, your desire is to perfom verbal fellatio on the guy and reap the hollow rewards should he win the SB. Way to step out on a limb homer. I personally don’t see why so many people A. are making such a huge deal out of the one night out six days before a game, and B. are so sure the Colts will “destroy” the Saints. I see a battle of two Offensive Juggernauts both equipped with elite Qb’s and WR’s as well as opportunistic Defenses; not a one sided affair reminiscent of Dallas v Buffalo in the mid nineties.
They can’t help it though, no matter what the issue they have to go to “da club”. It’s in their DNA.
“They don’t deserve to be there”
“They won’t win anyway”
“They need something to celebrate because they won’t win”
Bitter much?
As long at they are not out late Saturday night….
jx4cmario1 says:
February 3, 2010 12:29 PM
You’d think they would be more interested in watching film and breaking down Indy’s defense, being that they have the biggest game in their lives coming up, but I guess the only team doing that in this game is the Colts. Which is probably why they will cover any line Vegas gives them.
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I seriously doubt that the Colts were breaking down film after midnight on Monday.
I think what people are missing here is that there is a very good chance the Colts players were out too, only the paparazzi who took these photos only know what Reggie Bush looks like. These weren’t Sports Illustrated photographers out there, people. There could have been Colts players standing 10 feet away, and the paparrazi assholes wouldn’t have know it.
jx4cmario1 says:
February 3, 2010 12:29 PM
You’d think they would be more interested in watching film and breaking down Indy’s defense, being that they have the biggest game in their lives coming up, but I guess the only team doing that in this game is the Colts. Which is probably why they will cover any line Vegas gives them.
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I seriously doubt that the Colts were breaking down film after midnight on Monday.
I think what people are missing here is that there is a very good chance the Colts players were out too, only the paparazzi who took these photos only know what Reggie Bush looks like. These weren’t Sports Illustrated photographers out there, people. There could have been Colts players standing 10 feet away, and the paparrazi assholes wouldn’t have know it.
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Right, they probably weren’t breaking down film after midnight. But, they were probably SLEEPING while Reggie and Co. were out drinking. All I’m saying is that you would think that for one week these idiots could refrain from being out all night while preparing for the biggest game of their lives. The Saints have never been on this stage before, and it shows. Manning’s squad already has the upper hand being that they know what to expect, they don’t need an even bigger edge.
“Right, they probably weren’t breaking down film after midnight. But, they were probably SLEEPING while Reggie and Co. were out drinking. All I’m saying is that you would think that for one week these idiots could refrain from being out all night while preparing for the biggest game of their lives. The Saints have never been on this stage before, and it shows. Manning’s squad already has the upper hand being that they know what to expect, they don’t need an even bigger edge.”
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Yes, because the Colts understand the importance of getting a good nights sleep before the all-important media day extravaganza. Only a team that had already been to the Super Bowl could understand the importance of being 100% prepared to answer questions like “if you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?”.
Lighten up. And I still maintain that just because the paparrazi didn’t shoot any pictures of superstars like Tony Ugoh or Mike Pollack, it doesn’t mean they weren’t out too.
They were up late filling sand bags for that craphole that people continue to live in. Make no mistake, NO is a great city but for christ’s sake, don’t you take the hint?
Saints 21
Colts 20
Prince sings conspiracy.
Once the game kicks off,its just like the other 18 played… spare me with the ‘they’ve been there’ drivel…realitycheck said it best,the only reason U know is because TMZ loves Reggie Bush. 4 all U doofuses know the other guys in the pic might be Colts players,since they’re not actually ‘with’ Reggie…I just cant wait 4 the game,so all who discount the Saints can scratch their heads ala Brady and Bellichick on that fateful Monday Night…
WHO CARESSSS IT WAS MONDAY, THE SUPERBOWL IS SUNDAY!! I highly doubt itll affect his game.